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The arrest of DjilaliHadjadj on Sept. 5 had provoked an outcry among international rights organizations. The case has attracted wide attention in oil-rich Algeria, coming after a string of corruption probes that included state hydrocarbons company Sonatrach.

The Obama administration decided it will pursue anti-corruption cases in Afghanistan by backroom plea-bargains instead of Western-style public prosecutions after scandals involving high-profile government officials caused a rift between the U.S. and Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who sought to limit the anti-corruption unit’s Western mentors. An investigation into the Vietnamese adoption system uncovered widespread corruption, including bribery and the stealing of children from families by government officials to sell then to unsuspecting Americans.

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